<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Relevant to Extras in particular...<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-- Elliot<BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Toshio Kuratomi <<A href="mailto:toshio@tiki-lounge.com">toshio@tiki-lounge.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">June 29, 2006 17:51:21 EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com">fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><B>[Fedora-infrastructure-list] New package version control</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Greetings all,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A few of us, warren, mmcgrath, and I are designing a new system of</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">version control for the packages in Core and Extras.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>The main page of</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">requirements and some pros and cons of various VCS's are listed on:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/VersionControl/">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/VersionControl/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you have some dispassionate features or reviews to add about any VCS</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">you think could address the requirements, go ahead and add it to the</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">page.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A draft of one possible prototype is here:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/VersionControl/ArchitectureDraft">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/VersionControl/ArchitectureDraft</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The ArchitectureDraft attempts to address the list of requirements.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>An</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">actual implementation is in the works to see how well it actually meets</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">our needs.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mmcgrath is working on a separate prototype using subversion that sounds</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">like it is close to being ready for an initial review.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Comments specific to the drafts or with ideas for doing things</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">differently are entirely welcome :-)<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Let's get some discussion going!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-Toshio</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com">Fedora-infrastructure-list@redhat.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>